InsaneJournal

Terrorism
Is it cliche by now to call the US government a terrorist organization? It probably is, but...I'm going to do it anyway.

They haven't strapped bombs to their chest or kidnapped anyone post propaganda video to the Internet attempted convert the masses to their idealogical agenda... okay, so that's about the only thing they haven't done.

But the real reason I consider them to be a terrorist organization is because they're trying to terrify the country with ominous reports of terror threats.

My main issue is that apparently al-Qaida in Iraq poses a "persistent and evolving threat" to the US, which will culminate in an attack on US soil. That would be a lot easier for me to believe if al-Qaida's presence in Iraq hadn't been used as a continuing excuse for our occupation to continue, or if it weren't pretty obvious that al-Qaida showed up there only after we did.

I'm not saying it isn't possible, or even probable, that al-Qaida (especially the Iraq-based contingent) wants to attack the United States again. I'm just saying that I'm not comfortable with them being the justification for our government to continue carrying out actions in our name that we are vehemently opposed to. We never had a convincing reason to go into Iraq and so I am inherently skeptical of every lame excuse that comes out of our government officials that justifies our continued presence.